Sentencing of former BISD employees delayed

By Brooke Crum

Updated 3:05 pm, Monday, August 4, 2014

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FILE - Indicted from the FBI's recent investigation into BISD, Devin McCraney, pictured, and former comptroller Sharika Allison, not pictured, plead innocent Thursday morning in Zack Hawthorn's federal courtroom. The trial is set for early next month.
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Indicted from the FBI's recent investigation into BISD, Devin McCraney, not pictured, and former comptroller Sharika Allison, pictured, plead innocent Thursday morning in Zack Hawthorn's federal courtroom. The trial is set for early next month.
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Indicted from the FBI's recent investigation into BISD, Devin McCraney, not pictured, and former comptroller Sharika Allison, pictured, plead innocent Thursday morning in Zack Hawthorn's federal courtroom. The ... more

Photo: Guiseppe Barranco, Photo Editor

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Indicted from the FBI's recent investigation into BISD, Devin McCraney, pictured, and former comptroller Sharika Allison, not pictured, plead innocent Thursday morning in Zack Hawthorn's federal courtroom. The trial is set for early next month.
Photo taken Thursday,
Guiseppe Barranco/@spotnewsshooter less

Indicted from the FBI's recent investigation into BISD, Devin McCraney, pictured, and former comptroller Sharika Allison, not pictured, plead innocent Thursday morning in Zack Hawthorn's federal courtroom. The ... more

Photo: Guiseppe Barranco, Photo Editor

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Indicted from the FBI's recent investigation into BISD, Devin McCraney, pictured, and former comptroller Sharika Allison, not pictured, plead innocent Thursday morning in Zack Hawthorn's federal courtroom. The trial is set for early next month.
Photo taken Thursday,
Guiseppe Barranco/@spotnewsshooter less

Indicted from the FBI's recent investigation into BISD, Devin McCraney, pictured, and former comptroller Sharika Allison, not pictured, plead innocent Thursday morning in Zack Hawthorn's federal courtroom. The ... more

Photo: Guiseppe Barranco, Photo Editor

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Indicted from the FBI's recent investigation into BISD, Devin McCraney, not pictured, and former comptroller Sharika Allison, pictured, plead innocent Thursday morning in Zack Hawthorn's federal courtroom. The trial is set for early next month.
Photo taken Thursday,
Guiseppe Barranco/@spotnewsshooter less

Indicted from the FBI's recent investigation into BISD, Devin McCraney, not pictured, and former comptroller Sharika Allison, pictured, plead innocent Thursday morning in Zack Hawthorn's federal courtroom. The ... more

Photo: Guiseppe Barranco, Photo Editor

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Indicted from the FBI's recent investigation into BISD, Devin McCraney, not pictured, and former comptroller Sharika Allison, pictured, plead innocent Thursday morning in Zack Hawthorn's federal courtroom. The trial is set for early next month.
Photo taken Thursday, January 16, 2014
Brooke Crum/@broocrum less

Indicted from the FBI's recent investigation into BISD, Devin McCraney, not pictured, and former comptroller Sharika Allison, pictured, plead innocent Thursday morning in Zack Hawthorn's federal courtroom. The ... more

Photo: Guiseppe Barranco, Photo Editor

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Indicted from the FBI's recent investigation into BISD, Devin McCraney, pictured, and former comptroller Sharika Allison, not pictured, plead innocent Thursday morning in Zack Hawthorn's federal courtroom. The trial is set for early next month.
Photo taken Thursday,
Guiseppe Barranco/@spotnewsshooter less

Indicted from the FBI's recent investigation into BISD, Devin McCraney, pictured, and former comptroller Sharika Allison, not pictured, plead innocent Thursday morning in Zack Hawthorn's federal courtroom. The ... more

Photo: Guiseppe Barranco, Photo Editor

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Indicted from the FBI's recent investigation into BISD, Devin McCraney, pictured, and former comptroller Sharika Allison, not pictured, plead innocent Thursday morning in Zack Hawthorn's federal courtroom. The trial is set for early next month.
Photo taken Thursday,
Guiseppe Barranco/@spotnewsshooter less

Indicted from the FBI's recent investigation into BISD, Devin McCraney, pictured, and former comptroller Sharika Allison, not pictured, plead innocent Thursday morning in Zack Hawthorn's federal courtroom. The ... more

Photo: Guiseppe Barranco, Photo Editor

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Indicted from the FBI's recent investigation into BISD, Devin McCraney, not pictured, and former comptroller Sharika Allison, pictured, plead innocent Thursday morning in Zack Hawthorn's federal courtroom. The trial is set for early next month.
Photo taken Thursday,
Guiseppe Barranco/@spotnewsshooter less

Indicted from the FBI's recent investigation into BISD, Devin McCraney, not pictured, and former comptroller Sharika Allison, pictured, plead innocent Thursday morning in Zack Hawthorn's federal courtroom. The ... more

Photo: Guiseppe Barranco, Photo Editor

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Devin McCraney appears at the Jack Brook Federal Building, where he and former BISD employee both entered a plea of not guilty in relation to federal embezzlement charges. Photo: Guiseppe Barranco, @spotnewsshooter less

Devin McCraney appears at the Jack Brook Federal Building, where he and former BISD employee both entered a plea of not guilty in relation to federal embezzlement charges. Photo: Guiseppe Barranco, ... more

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Sharika Allison walks past reporters as she enters the Jack Brooks Federal Building on Monday afternoon. Devin McCraney and Sharika Allison appeared at the Jack Brooks Federal Building on Monday afternoon to enter changes to their pleas.
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Sharika Allison walks past reporters as she enters the Jack Brooks Federal Building on Monday afternoon. Devin McCraney and Sharika Allison appeared at the Jack Brooks Federal Building on Monday afternoon to ... more

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Sharika Allison hides from the rain underneath an umbrella Monday afternoon. Devin McCraney and Sharika Allison appeared at the Jack Brooks Federal Building on Monday afternoon to enter changes to their pleas.
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Sharika Allison hides from the rain underneath an umbrella Monday afternoon. Devin McCraney and Sharika Allison appeared at the Jack Brooks Federal Building on Monday afternoon to enter changes to their pleas. ... more

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Sharika Allison walks past reporters as she enters the Jack Brooks Federal Building on Monday afternoon. Devin McCraney and Sharika Allison appeared at the Jack Brooks Federal Building on Monday afternoon to enter changes to their pleas.
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Sharika Allison walks past reporters as she enters the Jack Brooks Federal Building on Monday afternoon. Devin McCraney and Sharika Allison appeared at the Jack Brooks Federal Building on Monday afternoon to ... more

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Sharika Allison walks into the Jack Brooks Federal Building on Monday afternoon. Devin McCraney and Sharika Allison appeared at the Jack Brooks Federal Building on Monday afternoon to enter changes to their pleas.
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Sharika Allison walks into the Jack Brooks Federal Building on Monday afternoon. Devin McCraney and Sharika Allison appeared at the Jack Brooks Federal Building on Monday afternoon to enter changes to their ... more

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Indicted from the FBI's recent investigation into BISD, Devin McCraney, not pictured, and former comptroller Sharika Allison, pictured, plead innocent Thursday morning in Zack Hawthorn's federal courtroom. The trial is set for early next month.
Photo taken Thursday, January 16, 2014
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Indicted from the FBI's recent investigation into BISD, Devin McCraney, not pictured, and former comptroller Sharika Allison, pictured, plead innocent Thursday morning in Zack Hawthorn's federal courtroom. The ... more

Photo: Guiseppe Barranco, Photo Editor

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Indicted from the FBI's recent investigation into BISD, Devin McCraney, pictured, and former comptroller Sharika Allison, not pictured, plead innocent Thursday morning in Zack Hawthorn's federal courtroom. The trial is set for early next month.
Photo taken Thursday,
Guiseppe Barranco/@spotnewsshooter less

Indicted from the FBI's recent investigation into BISD, Devin McCraney, pictured, and former comptroller Sharika Allison, not pictured, plead innocent Thursday morning in Zack Hawthorn's federal courtroom. The ... more

Photo: Guiseppe Barranco, Photo Editor

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Sentencing of former BISD employees delayed

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The sentencing of the former Beaumont ISD employees who pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $4 million from the school district has been delayed by at least a week.

The attorney representing Devin McCraney, former finance director, requested additional time to respond to the presentence investigation report prepared for his client.

McCraney, 35, and Sharika Allison, 43, former comptroller, pleaded guilty in April to conspiracy and embezzlement charges in exchange for lesser sentences. A federal grand jury indicted the pair in January on 19 charges of conspiracy and fraud.

Todd Clemons, attorney for McCraney, filed an extension Aug. 1 to postpone the deadline for outlining his objections to his client's presentence report, according to court documents.

Clemons requested an extension until after Aug. 12, when the probation officer who prepared the report, Angie Wallace, returns to work. Judge Ron Clark granted the extension Aug. 1.

McCraney and Allison cannot be sentenced until their attorneys have been given the opportunity to file objections to their respective presentence investigation reports, which they received July 28.

Presentence reports consist of defendants' personal history, criminal backgrounds and financial conditions, as well as any circumstances that affect the defendants' behavior and could be helpful in finding the appropriate correctional treatment.

The reports also include information on the financial, social, psychological and medical impact on those the defendants committed the offense against. It should also state whether restitution is applicable in this case.

Clark said in April that he expected McCraney and Allison to pay $250,000 each in fines in addition to repayments to be to the district. Additionally, they could each receive three years of supervised release.